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spanone

(135,789 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 10:53 AM Nov 2019

William Barr travels to U.K. to 'do a hatchet job' on U.S. intelligence agencies

That's right folks our 'Attorney General' is seeking dirt on our Intelligence Agencies


U.K. officials report that William Barr appeared in their country with a “wish list” of items he wants to collect from agencies and individuals. Just as in Rome and Australia, Barr is continuing his world-tour “investigation” into the origins of Trump’s Russia scandal. And just as in those places, local officials are gob-smacked to see that Barr is genuinely, seriously trying to destroy U.S. intelligence agencies in the service of supporting conspiracy theories that not only declare the innocence of Donald Trump, but protect Vladimir Putin.

The impeachment of Donald Trump may not quite be as sure as sunrise, but it’s close. Witness after witness has testified to the pressure Trump placed on Ukrainian officials, to the absolute fact of his unwarranted delay on providing strategic assistance, and the effort Trump has extended to hide the evidence of his actions isn’t just obvious, it’s ongoing. Over the last two months, as the impeachment has gotten underway, Trump has betrayed an ally, spouted gory claims about the death of an ISIS leader, and gone through all the regular monstrosity of his rallies and chopper-side rants … but none of it has been enough to derail either the process or the momentum leading toward impeachment.

That’s why Barr is still out there, developing the counterattack. The Great Distraction. And to get there, the attorney general of the United States is willing, perfectly willing, to gut the intelligence agencies and national security of the nation.

As The Independent reports, Barr’s actions in London have shocked U.K. officials who have come face to face with this fact-assassinating expedition. Barr’s actions have been completely aimed at supporting that other conspiracy theory about Ukraine—the one Trump kept insisting on even before he demanded manufactured dirt on Joe Biden.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/2/1896747/-William-Barr-travels-to-U-K-to-do-a-hatchet-job-on-U-S-intelligence-agencies
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William Barr travels to U.K. to 'do a hatchet job' on U.S. intelligence agencies (Original Post) spanone Nov 2019 OP
"Barr is continuing his world-tour "investigation" into the origins of Trump's Russia scandal." Botany Nov 2019 #1
Cut, meet dried. dchill Nov 2019 #2
Putin has been "working Trump" as an asset for 30 years Botany Nov 2019 #5
Barr will be seen as a traitor to this country. Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #3
This is nuts Johnny2X2X Nov 2019 #4
it says a lot that barr is personally making these trips.... spanone Nov 2019 #6
This is NOT normal Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2019 #7
there's a lot of outrage to speak up and out about. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #8
I agree Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2019 #9
Given that Barr certainly knows the reality of Mueller's finding he is a traitor. BSdetect Nov 2019 #10

Botany

(70,445 posts)
1. "Barr is continuing his world-tour "investigation" into the origins of Trump's Russia scandal."
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:05 AM
Nov 2019

Last edited Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:42 AM - Edit history (1)

I'll save Bill some time.

The origins started when Putin recruited and made Trump his agent in the 1990s and
it went to the next level in 2013 when Trump went to Moscow and agreed to run for
POTUS in 2016. It was also helped along with the Trump's properties being used to launder
money for Russian & Ukrainian mobsters and Russian funding for "The Apprentice" in
order to sell the idea that Trump was some kind of billionaire business genius to a %
or really dumb Americans.

Botany

(70,445 posts)
5. Putin has been "working Trump" as an asset for 30 years
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:34 AM
Nov 2019

Putin allowed Trump to think that he was going to be able to build his "Trump Tower, Moscow"
project for years but I have real doubts that that was ever going to happen because the
Russian/Ukraine mobsters/oligarchs/dirty government workers used Trump properties to
get their ill gotten money out of Russia/Ukraine and then to launder it and a Trump Tower
Moscow doesn't do that for them.

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)
3. Barr will be seen as a traitor to this country.
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:26 AM
Nov 2019

Screwing around with our Intelligence Agencys is not smart. One good tap on his phone should reap quite a bit of payback.

Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)
4. This is nuts
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:32 AM
Nov 2019

People in this country have a false sense of security and a false sense that Trump and his criminal gang are too inept to really do too much harm, that is wrong! These people are ruthless and evil and have already gotten people killed.

spanone

(135,789 posts)
6. it says a lot that barr is personally making these trips....
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:38 AM
Nov 2019

I could be wrong but it appears the attorney general should be protecting our intel agencies....

maxsolomon

(33,241 posts)
8. there's a lot of outrage to speak up and out about.
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:00 PM
Nov 2019

I'm sure they'll get around to denouncing it once the show trials start.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)
9. I agree
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:02 PM
Nov 2019

I'm not really even trying to criticize Congressional Democrats. There's almost too much to speak out about that I don't expect them to be able to say something about every single thing every single day. This is just such a wild and bizarre timeline we're living in right now.

BSdetect

(8,994 posts)
10. Given that Barr certainly knows the reality of Mueller's finding he is a traitor.
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:05 PM
Nov 2019

He should be arrested when her returns.

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